May 15, 2013
Parks and playgrounds in all corners of the city host spring open house events this weekend in part with Park and Recreation’s spring open house day. On Saturday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 40 parks all over Philadelphia are welcoming guests with family-friendly activities, refreshments, volunteer opportunities, giveaways and more. For the [...]
Read more»May 8, 2013
Philadelphia’s park system is amazing and one of the city’s greatest assets… Philadelphia has more than 10,000 (!) acres of open space including forest, trails, streams, and 75 neighborhood playgrounds spread across the city. But it’s an asset that requires a lot of care and attention — it’s a lot of park space and open [...]
Read more»November 7, 2012
Now’s your chance to contribute to the city that loves you back: Philadelphia’s LOVE Your Park Fall Service Day is back on Saturday, November 17. The Fairmount Park Conservancy and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation will host a day-long volunteer event in 57 parks across the city where you can rake fall leaves, plant bulbs and [...]
Read more»August 1, 2012
Uwishunu is all about Summer Nights these days — after all, we want to help you plan your summer evenings in the city — so what better way to help you do that than to add one more awesome event to the offerings? To that end, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be hosting a [...]
Read more»June 27, 2012
Exciting summer news: Earlier this month, Mayor Nutter, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and the Fairmount Park Conservancy hosted a grand opening ceremony for Wheel Fun Rentals, a brand new bike rental service for Philadelphia. Residents of and visitors to Philadelphia can now rent Fuji hybrid two-wheels, surrey bikes, tandem bikes, deuce coupe bikes and Segways [...]
Read more»May 15, 2012
LOVE Your Park Week is a citywide celebration of Philadelphia’s parks featuring eight days of service projects, fun events, educational programs, family activities and tours at more than 100 parks throughout Philadelphia, now through this Saturday, May 19. Signature events still to come include: • Tuesday, May 15: Old School Game Night in Clark Park, [...]
Read more»February 29, 2012
Attention Parks and Rec fans: Aziz Ansari is coming to Philadelphia. Ansari, who plays Tom Haverford hilariously on NBC’s hit show Parks and Recreation, is bringing his new 2012 comedy tour to Philadelphia for one night in June. The new tour, the Buried Alive standup tour, features all new material and is landing in Philly [...]
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